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Salstrom Mine

Producer in Humboldt county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038020
MRDS ID M045274
Record type Site
Current site name Salstrom Mine
Related records 10261061

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.56281, 41.29205 (WGS84)
Elevation 122
Relative position ON KLAMATH RIVER 1.5 MI DOWNSTREAM (WEST) FROM ORLEANS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Orleans(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hoopa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Klamath(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Six Rivers National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 010N 005E 01 California

Comments on the location information

  • IN SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST. EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN BUT NEAR DREDGED AREA. LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR MILE MARKER 57 ON KLAMATH RIVER SHOWN ON TOPO MAP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.56281, 41.29205
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STERAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS
    Thickness 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Hydraulics

Comments on the geologic information

  • MICA SCHIST BEDROCK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Klamath River Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • PT RECOVERED OVER 6 YR; ESTIMATED THAT ONLY 10 % OF PT SAVED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.809HA

Comments on the workings information

  • HYDRAULIC

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1919, PLATINUM AND ALLIED METALS IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU BULLETIN 85, P. 65-66

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE ALSO: MRDS M045279.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1974 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1989 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative California resources

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